Improvement in neck-tie retainers



v forni orconstructiouofthelretainer.

parts.

other like article of wear, lthe use or more prominent 'object of whichis to conceal'the button or stud to collar there meeting, and to fornian ornament at such sl1aped'plate,ha\'ing anydcsired `emblem or ornamentpossess the necessary elasticity iu itself to pcrinit'of. its receivingthe lbut-ton between said clip and catch,

and close 'o'ver thelatlter, or the clip may be hinged -t-o e Wholly ofmetal it maybe got up cheap, and the shield.

lice-t d Stimuli @met 'it t c Letters Patent No; 88,239,

dated Mit/rolt 23, 1869; antedatedMzvrch 15, 1869.

vnvxprubvzilvir:NT 1N NECK-TIE RETAINERS.

f i i The Schedule referred` tom these Letters Patent and making part ofthe Inmo.

To all heh-omit may concern 'Be it known that I, JAMES VARLEY, of,Hudson City, lin the county'of Hudson, and State of'-New Jer'- sey,have invented a new, and useful' Neck- Tie 1tetainer, of which thefollowing is a full,- clear, and exact description, reference being h adto' the accompauying drawing, forming part of this specification,l andin whichf Figure I represents a front vi'ew of a retainer, constructedin accordance with my invention; Figure 2, a back viewof the same; andFigure 3, a tlansvcrse section. Figures4, 5, and (i are similarviews ofa modifiedV Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding This,my invention, relates to a spring-collar brooch, 'designed as asubstitute for, or retainer of a neck-tie, or

which tbecollar vis fastened in tron-t, also ends of the My inventionconsists in a shield -or'oth'cr fancifullyiipon it, or it maybe plain,or, instead of a plate, an ordinary brooch or brooch-face piece, suchportion, or device carrying, or having united to it, at its back, a`spring, or yielding ueclcclip, slotted to receive the shank of thebnttonn' stud-stitching, which unites the button to the garment, foraction in concert with a-catch, or projection on the rear face of theshield, or its equi 7aient, arranged to. hold or lap over the edge ofthebut-ton after the salnelias been entered by said slot receiving itsshank between the shield In thus speaking of a spring, or yieldingneck-clip, i it should be understood that the same may either beiixedlyunited to the broochiiwe piece', or shield, as to and ati/er thecatch has passed the button, t o .spring to the shield, and be actedi'ipon'by an independent spring to thus operate.

When this spring-collar, or neck-tie retainer is made or platelin frontbe.ornamentcdwith the insignia of any particular order, or society, thesaine, too, being more dniable than a neck-.tie or other like article ofres-s.

`l15aving thus specified at largev the character and pecularity of niyinvention, the following continuons descriptiop, with reference to theaccompanying drawing, will sutiice to explain howr'the'saine is or inaybe 'carried out'and applied. Thus, referring,-in the 3, of the drawingvA is the shield, or brooch-face piece, and

B, 'the spring, or yielding neck-clip, formed of curved 'side arms au,body part b, slotted-as at c, and united,

by an upwardl -extending elastic arm or leg, d, to the back of theshield, near its top, as at e, where there is fa fixed catch,ortoothedprojection, f, arranged in line' with the slot c. This'Incdeofattachment and construction of fthe clip gives an elasticcharacter to the latter, which allowsof the buttonl heilig receivedbetween it and the catch, and of the brooch 'being slid upward, so as topassthe catch above the button, the slot c in the clip receiving theshank of the button, or

that which fis equivalent thereto, and after the broochhas been thusadjusted, the yielding neck-clipallowed to spring back,-or close towardthc shie ld, or latterV toward the clip, to shoot "thecatch, orprojection f over the button, and so, in connection with the slottedportion embracing the shank of the button, to securely hold it fromfalling, or slippingoli thehutton;

In figs. 4, 5, 'and 6 ofthe drawing, the neck-clip B, s ixnilarly'formedof side 'arms twg, andl body-part b, with slot c inrit, is hinged, as atg, tothe shield A, and closed against or toward the-latter byanindependent spring, It, or projection j', as in the former case,`tl`1eindependent spring htaking the place of the elastic arm or leg d.

What is hereclaimed, and desired to besectu'ed by 'Letters Patent, is:-

l.' Aneckftieretainer, formed of a shield or broochface piece A', andyielding neck-clip B, composed of curved arins u. a, and bodygb, havinga slot, c, in "it, in combination with a catch, or projection, j, inreal-of the 'shield or brooch-face piece, for operation together,

irst instance, to ligs. 1, 2, and

for operation in connection `with the catch

